Shade supporting frame



y 1938- A. w. PLANETA SHADE SUPPORTING FRAME Filed Aug. 21, 1936 Patented May 3, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFiCE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to the class of devices which are employed for holding shades in connection with illuminating devices, and an object of the invention, among others, is the production of a shade holder which shall be simple in construction as well as rigid, and which will be particularly firm when attached to a lamp chimney, electric light globe or the like.

One form of a shade supporting frame embodying my invention and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others may be attained is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a side view of a lamp chimney showing my improved holder attached thereto.

Figure 2 is a similar view but looking in a direction at right angles to the line of view of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

Figure 4. is a detail view illustrating a modified form.

Figure 5 is another detail view illustrating still another modified form.

In the accompanying drawing the numeral 5 denotes a lamp chimney of any common and ordinary construction, my improved holder being particularly adapted for such use although it will be understood that it may be readily applied to other forms of illuminating structures, as electric bulbs, etc. My improved holder is formed of wire of a size to provide a structure to rigidly support a shade. This wire comprises two lengths or members located on opposite sides of the chimney 5, each length being bent into a loop 6 which is adapted to embrace the bulbous or enlarged portion 1 of the chimney. Each end of each loop terminates in a bend 8 from which points the members extend upwardly away from the loops.

These ends converge, each pair of converging members forming a support 9. The extreme ends of the converging members preferably close together.

While in the structure herein shown the two lengths or members of the device are shown as hers 9 extending upwardly and outwardly in converging directions forming a very rigid support for the shade supporting ring Ii), and the bends 8 which receive the holder ring retain the latter in place and the latter braces the structure and maintains the loops 6 from spreading action, said loops, however, having spring qualities enough to enable them to be passed over the bulbous portion I of the chimney and then to spring into po-- sition to hold the frame securely in place.

The structure shown in Figure 4 is much like that just described, that is, the supporting member extends upwardly in an inclined direction, but instead of converging, as hereinbefore described, the supporting members 12 extend substantially parallel with each other from the clamping ring 8 to the shade supporting ring II].

In the structure shown in Figure 5 the arrang'ement is much the same as that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 with the exception that the supporting members l3 diverge from the ring 8 instead of converging as shown in Fig. 2. The structure is the same as that shown in Fig. 2 in that the supporting members are inclined up-' wardly in different planes.

I claim:

1. A shade supporting frame for a lamp chimney having a bulbous portion gradually tapering on converging lines from the bulb upwardly, said frame being yieldable to fit chimneys of different sizes and comprising wire loops formed to embrace said bulbous portion, said wires extending upwardly in converging directions from each of said loops whereby they are separable laterally to provide said yieldable characteristics, a ring surrounding the frame on the converging sides of said wires and discomiected therefrom to permit said separable yielding action, and a shade supporting ring secured to the ends of said converging supports.

2. A shade supporting frame for a lamp chimney having a bulbous portion gradually tapering from the bulb upwardly, said frame comprising wire loops formed to embrace said bulbous portion, said wires extending upwardly in converging directions from said loops whereby they are yieldingly separable laterally to fit chimneys of various sizes, bends formed in said wires in the ends of said loops, a ring encircling said frame within said bends and disengaged from said wires to permit said lateral yielding action, and a shade supporting frame secured to the ends of said converging supports.

ANTHONY W. PLANETA. 

